Idiot Quotes - Page 36

• Which idiot put the GOP convention the same time as 'Burning Man' in Nevada? Is there time to change this?

  Grover Norquist

  Men, Burning, Conventions

  Grover Norquist @GroverNorquist, twitter.com. July 1, 2012.

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• Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real as the visible badges of servitude.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Real, Law, Shoes

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Ellen Carol DuBois (1992). “The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches”, Northeastern Univ Pr

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• A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he

  Stendhal

  Men, Imagination, Half

  Stendhal (2015). “The Charterhouse of Parma”, p.190, Booklassic

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• For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.'

  Steven Seagal

  Thinking, Uncontrollable Urge, Addiction

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• Why must love always be accompanied--sooner or later--by sorrow and pain? Why not? Because pure bliss is for pure idiots.

  Edward Abbey

  Pain, Sorrow, Why Not

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.44, RosettaBooks

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• Poor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends.

  Robert E. Sherwood

  Mean, Games, Delight

  Idiot's Delight act 2, sc. 2 (1936)

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• There is, how­ever, a strong empir­i­cal rea­son why we should cul­ti­vate thoughts that can never be proved. It is that they are known to be use­ful. Man pos­i­tively needs gen­eral ideas & con­vic­tions that will give a mean­ing to his life & enable him to find a place for him­self in the uni­verse. He can stand the most incred­i­ble hard­ships when he is con­vinced that they make sense; he is crushed when on top of all his mis­for­tunes, he has to admit that he is tak­ing part in a ‘tale told by an idiot.’

  Carl Jung

  Strong, Mean, Son

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• One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.

  Roger Federer

  Winning, Player, Years

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• Bush is an idiot and he's President, so anything's possible

  John McEnroe

  President

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• It's a fine line between writing something with genuine emotional impact and turning into little idiots feeling sorry for ourselves and playing stadium rock.

  Thom Yorke

  Sorry, Writing, Emotional

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• At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that's who you come to see.

  Mike Tyson

  Neanderthals, Crass, Crude

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• There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.

  Larry Niven

  Mistake, Character, Belief

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• Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

  Alain Prost

  Scare, Doe, Driving

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Any Idiot can point out a problem .... A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems!

  Tony Robbins

  Team, Leader, Problem

  Twitter post from Apr 22, 2009

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• A lot of beautiful people are stupid. There are a tremendous number of idiots who look so good. It's frightening.

  Dean Cain

  Funny, Beautiful, Stupid

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• To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight.

  Georges Courteline

  Stupidity, Delight, Fool

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• Over time, however, the endless war in Iraq began to play a role in natural selection. Only idiots signed up; only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared.

  Ted Rall

  War, Home, Average

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• If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.

  Francois Rabelais

  Mirrors, Stupidity, Want

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• The fans are bad everywhere you go, with language, and with behavior. You can't put enough cops in the stands, but you ought to give the cops cameras, give people cameras, so they can take a picture of the idiot and you can identify him.

  John Chaney

  People, Giving, Cameras

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• Along the way [Mozart] got married; fathered seven children (two of whom survived into adulthood); performed as a pianist; violinist; and conductor; maintained a successful teaching studio; wrote thousands of letters; traveled widely; attended the theater religiously; played cards, billiards, and bocce; and rode horseback for exercise. Not bad for someone portrayed as a giggling idiot in the movies.

  Robert Greenberg

  Children, Teaching, Successful

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• I used to be treated like an idiot, now I'm treated like an idiot savant.

  Martin Cruz Smith

  Writing, Used, Savants

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• On entering this world our starting-point is ignorance. None, however, but idiots remain there.

  Horace Mann

  Ignorance, World, Entering

  Horace Mann (1867). “Thoughts”, p.103

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• You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.

  Don Kardong

  Running, Marathon, Hills

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• Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots.

  Slavoj Žižek

  People, Humanity, Boring

  "Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2012.

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• Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

  Nia Vardalos

  Brave Person, Fearless, Scare

  Nia Vardalos (2013). “Instant Mom”, p.3, Harper Collins

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